Evaluation of meningitis surveillance before introduction of serogroup a meningococcal conjugate vaccine - burkina faso and mali

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 50, 2012, Pages 1025-1028

  Djingarey, Mamoudou ^a   Kandolo, Denis ^b   Lingani, Clement ^c   Diomandé, Fabien ^a   Medah, Isaïe ^a   Kambou, Ludovic ^a   Diarra, Seydou ^a   Touré, Kandioura ^a   Bougoudogo, Flabou ^a   Mandal, Mali Sema ^a   Novak, Ryan T ^a   Cohn, Amanda C ^a   Clark, Thomas A ^a   Messonnier, Nancy E ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Felix Tarbangdo   (Burkina Faso)

^c National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CAPACITY BUILDING; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALI; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD;

BURKINA FASO; CAPACITY BUILDING; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; LABORATORIES; MALI; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84871725877     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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